Director, International Patient Advocacy

vor 2 Wochen


Zug, Schweiz Blueprint Medicines Vollzeit

**Director International Patient Advocacy**

Location: Zug, Switzerland or other European countries

Requisition: 438

**How will your role help us transform hope into reality?**

As a newly created role at Blueprint International, this position is critical in developing patient advocacy engagement strategy and tactics in the International region to drive our development, market access and commercial strategies. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing start-up organization and set the strategy and build Patient Advocacy internationally, developing and implementing initiatives that engage patient groups to support patient activation and healthcare policies.

**What will you do?**
- Develop patient advocacy engagement strategy and tactics in the International region to drive our development, market access and commercial strategies
- Develop and implement initiatives that engage patient groups, consortia, health systems, to support patient activation, engagement, capacity building and improve healthcare policies
- Build and maintain strong relationships especially with relevant European patient advocacy organizations, leveraging expertise to strengthen the value proposition regarding the overall patient experience
- Engage with professional societies and industry organizations focused on advancing clinical knowledge, infrastructure, and practice enabling of the adoption of precision medicines to improve patient outcomes
- Work to infuse the patient perspective and strategic insights from patient advocacy group partners into the business, leveraging existing initiatives and new opportunities to inform and influence strategy from discovery to clinical development to commercialization
- Be an integral member of the Global patient advocacy team providing tactical and strategic contributions to the organization.
- Collaborate with the International Medical Affairs team and work cross-functionally as well as with external patient advocacy organizations to support patient community engagement, ensuring the patient perspective is incorporated and championed in all that we do.
- Be a leader of the company’s patient-centric culture, driven by our “patients first” core value, by creating innovative and impactful opportunities to connect employees to the patient experience and human impact of our efforts and foster a collective sense of purpose, accomplishment, and joy.
- Be a thought leader in the field of patient advocacy and contribute to efforts to advance corporate visibility and reputation through speaking and authorship opportunities.
- Must be willing and able to travel (approximately 30%) and regularly meet with patient advocacy organizations across diverse geographies.

**What minimum qualifications do we require?**
- A Master’s degree or higher in a related field, i.e. Public Policy, Economics, Business Administration, Communication, Law, Political Science. You are proficient in English at a professional level, both written and spoken.
- A minimum of 7-10 years’ experience in patient advocacy and/or patient engagement, within the biotech, pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
- A proven track record in cultivating, building, and managing multiple long-term, collaborative relationships with patient advocacy organizations
- Experience working in an associated field, such as Communications, Government Affairs or Policy work, preferred
- A deep understanding of how to identify and address the emotional, physical, and cultural barriers patients experience
- Excellent relationship building, stakeholder management, communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.
- Flexible, with positive attitude, strong ability to multitask, prioritize projects effectively and communicate at all levels within the company
- Demonstrated success in building relationships with patient groups in support of drug development and product launches in the rare disease space.
- Demonstrated ability translating complex topics into compelling communications for various audiences.
- You are a people centric person
- You are an excellent writer, editor and storyteller; superior verbal communication skills; proven ability crafting various kinds of patient facing materials (e.g. posters, presentations, videos, social media efforts, campaigns)
- Your ability to serve as a company ambassador with external stakeholders, align internal stakeholders and achieve results through collaboration
- Commitment to our Core Values: Patients First, Thoughtfulness, Urgency, Trust, Optimism



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